(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1673) Vetancurt Agustín de Arte de lengua

Sale 2486 - Lot 458

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1673.) Vetancurt, Agustín de. Arte de lengua mexicana. Woodcut portrait of Saint Anthony on title page. [6], 1-14, 14-49, [8] leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; waste-paper endpapers, minor dampstaining and wear to last 4 leaves; marcas de fuego of the Convento de San Francisco de Mexico (B-12053) on top and bottom edges, early inscription on title page. Mexico: Francisco Rodríguez Lupercio, 1673

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A Nahuatl grammar compiled by the Mexican-born Franciscan missionary. It offers some interesting questions to ask when administering confession. Under the First Commandment, "Did you believe in dreams, or have you deluded yourself when you've dreamt? Did you take the cry of an owl as an omen?" Under the Fifth Commandment, "Have you given a potion to a woman so that she could miscarry, or did you advise her to drink it?" Graff 4475; Medina, Mexico II:1103; Palau 361210 (variant with "S." instead of "San" on title page); Pilling 4002; Sabin 99385.